How getting sober led Jenn Harper to launch a groundbreaking beauty brand
One night, Jenn Harper had the most vivid dream of three smiling Indigenous girls covered in colourful lip glosses. That dream, along with h...
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Rheostatics are wearing their Canadianness proudly
After 45 years together, the Canadian band Rheostatics decided they needed a new challenge. So they enlisted the help of Rush’s Alex Lifeson...
Natalia Lafourcade needed to escape her fame. She moved to Ottawa
Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade is one of the most influential voices in modern Latin music. She tells Tom Power about the life...
Why there’s a six-year waitlist for these banjos
Pharis and Jason Romero are a folk/bluegrass duo behind both their Juno Award-winning music and their wildly in-demand banjos. In their work...
How Tatiana Maslany’s “fraudulence” helps her acting
It’s an understatement to say Tatiana Maslany has range. She’s known for playing 17 characters in the 2013 show, Orphan Black. Since then, s...
You may not know her name, but Steve Carell calls her a “secret weapon”
You might not know the name Annie Mumolo but chances are you have seen her work. She’s co-written films with Kristen Wiig, including Bridesm...
New Music: MICO
Toronto-born MICO introduces his new song, DREAMBOY, in Q’s recurring New Music segment. His debut album, When the lights turn on, is out Ju...
What’s in Vince Gill’s 50-year archive?
Country music legend Vince Gill had more than a hundred unreleased songs stock-piled. When the Country Music Hall of Fame star realized that...
Behind the scenes of the Canadian Heritage Minutes
If you watched TV in the ’90s in Canada, chances are you’ve seen Heritage Minutes. They are those 60-second dramatizations of Canadian histo...
What happens when women are called crazy?
In the 1880s, journalist Nellie Bly faked insanity to reveal the treatment of women in an American asylum, and how many of the patients were...
You don’t have to overcome stage fright to be a comedian
Dan Mintz has played Tina Belcher on Bob’s Burgers for the last 16 seasons and counting. But before there was Tina, Dan worked primarily as...
Audrey Hobert wrote hits for her best friend. Now she's telling her own story
Audrey Hobert got her start co-writing massive hits with her best friend Gracie Abrams. It inspired Audrey to launch her own solo career wit...
How to write poetry about religion, the pandemic and garbage
Joseph Kidney is the 2026 recipient of the Canadian First Book Prize, handed out each year by the Griffin Poetry Prize for an outstanding fi...
How to keep all your old friends together: advice from Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene is back with a new album, Remember The Humans. Founding members Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin reflect on their early da...
New Music: Wintersleep
Halifax’s Wintersleep introduces their new song, Gale, in Q’s recurring New Music segment. The band’s new album, Wishing Moon, is out now.
What does Canada actually sound like?
Boi-1da is a Canadian producer who has found massive success all over the world crafting hits for the likes of Drake, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Emin...
New Music: Bye Parula
Montreal band Bye Parula introduces their new song, Quand vient le soir, in Q’s recurring New Music segment. The band’s new album, Something...
Don’t we all need a ‘stupid’ comedy right now?
Behind movies like The Wedding Planner, A Walk to Remember and Hairspray (2007) is the director Adam Shankman. This June, Adam’s back with a...
Why everyone should hear Minnie Riperton’s music
Juno Award winner Divine Brown is giving flowers to one of her heroes, Minnie Riperton. Divine’s live concert stage show, Lovin' You: The Mi...
Can music destroy the idea of time?
Abel Selaocoe has been redefining the sound of the cello. The South African cellist and singer was in Canada recently, playing with the Toro...